Sunday, 18 November 2012

How to uninstall Exchange Server 2013

I had a problem in my Exchange 2013 server and thought of reinstalling to have a fresh start. Below gives the details on how to uninstall an Exchange 2013 Server.

Before uninstalling a Exchange 2013 Server,

  • Make sure all the console related to Exchange server are closed

  • Mailbox databases on that server has to be removed

  • There is no option to remove only a single role on Exchange Server 2013

  • If OAB configured, then it has to be reconfigured in other server


To uninstall Exchange 2013 Server

Go to Programs and Features -> Select Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 -> Click Uninstall



On the below screen click Next to continue



Next screen check the server to verify that Exchange is ready to be uninstalled, If no issue with the server then you will have an option to click next to continue



Below screen shows the uninstallation of Exchange Server 2013



Uninstallation is completed and you have to restart the server



If you are having any issue in uninstalling Exchange Server 2013, let us know… we will assist you on that.

4 comments:

  1. LE BOURHIS PIERRE6 February 2013 at 09:55

    I've got an error where I try to uninstall Exchange 2013 :

    Error:
    The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
    if (Get-Service WMSVC* | ?{$_.Name -eq 'WMSVC'})
    {
    Set-Service WMSVC -StartupType Automatic
    Start-SetupService -ServiceName WMSVC
    }
    " was run: "Le service 'WMSVC' n'est pas parvenu à atteindre l'état 'Running' sur ce serveur.".



    How do I fix this to reinstall my Exchange ?
    Thanks.

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  2. Kamal Sandarusi24 March 2013 at 07:30

    so, stupid me installed 2013 in a 2010sp3 environment. now I realize that 2013CU1 is still not available [i installed the 2013 release], and I want to remove 2013. my 2010sp3 installation still works fine, but the 2013 installation fails.
    Q: is it safe to disable the two arbitration mailboxes in the 2013 database so I can remove 2013?

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  3. Yes, remove the arbitration Mailboxes of Exchange 2013 and Uninstall Exchange 2013.

    Happy to assist if you face any issue

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  4. Restart the server once and try to uninstall again, it will resume the uninstallation process.

    Above error appears like due to the slow performance of the server, the WMSVC service not able to come to running state.

    Please inform if the error appears again

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